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American Express Global Business Travel has made traveler information
enhancements to its “Pre-Trip Auditor” (PTA) compliance tool. Allowing
companies to automatically send notifications to travelers when they’ve
booked out of policy and having itineraries sent to a traveler’s manager
for approval, “PTA” will now also send trip notifications related to
visa/passport information for international travel, company incentives
or programs, industry advisories on high-risk destinations,
recommendations for virtual meeting options, and how to utilize
enterprise mobile applications while on trip. AmEx’ “PTA” ultimately
allows companies to control costs and keep an eye on the bottom line.
The “PTA” core functionality not only enforces travel policy but also
has exceptional depth in its audit capabilities, giving reporting
capabilities on all aspects of travel bookings, alerting companies with
how many travel bookings are made out of policy, the top ten travelers
making bookings out of policy, and the top ten reasons for booking out
of policy.

NCR Corporation is installing its “BLOCKBUSTER Express”-branded movie kiosks in 309 RaceTrac convenience stores located in five states throughout the Southeas. Nearly 200 kiosks already are installed, with remaining kiosks to be completed by June 2011, allowing RaceTrac customers to rent new movies 24 hours a day from BLOCKBUSTER Express kiosks. Using their credit or debit card, customers have access to the widest selection of popular movies available starting at only $1 per night, per rental. The “BLOCKBUSTER Express” kiosks have more than 950 DVDs each. NCR Corporation address retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries.

The NFC Forum non-profit industry association that advances the use of NFC technology, announced Google is joining the organization as a Principal member. CSR and Intel, formerly Associate Members, have raised their membership status to the Principal level. Since its founding in 2004, the NFC Forum has drawn market-leading organizations from around the world to its membership roster as momentum builds for the adoption and implementation of Near Field Communication technology. Principal membership is the second-highest level of membership in the NFC Forum. Each Principal member is subsequently entitled to appoint a voting representative to each of the Technical, Marketing, and Compliance Committees and Working Groups.

Chase announced an additional two-year, $25-million commitment to the ” Chase Community Giving” philanthropic program on Facebook, having already awarded $10 million to 300 small and local charities in 38 states, and Washington, D.C., since 2009. “Chase Community Giving” has attracted more than 2.4 million fans that determined the winners from more than 500,000 participating charities nationwide. Chase is currently preparing for its Spring 2011 program, which will begin online Monday, April 4, and will focus on local charities with annual operating expenses from $1 million to $10 million. Plans are also underway for another program later this year geared toward smaller, more local charities. The “Chase Community Giving” program is hosting a forum at 12:30 p.m. EDT that will be broadcast live on Facebook.

Galitt and test laboratories Applus+ LGAI Technological Center and RFI Global have achieved GlobalPlatform qualified status for their respective offerings, which can test a card product’s compliance to GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 UICC Configuration for the mobile services sector. The launch of the GlobalPlatform Qualified Compliance Program is timed to support the high growth of the mobile services market, and is central to satisfying the industry’s need for an interoperable and flexible ecosystem for secure chip application deployment and management. GlobalPlatform will soon also release the quality stamp for Applus+ LGAI Technological Center laboratory. Further test tool suppliers and laboratories are in the process of being reviewed and undergoing GlobalPlatform certification.

POSPaper.com Point of Sale supplies, paper products and accessories has made available its new mobile website at http://mobile.pospaper.com. Providing to clients thermal paper rolls, credit card supplies, ATM paper, sales slip imprinters, printer ribbons and more has seen favorable reception among its customers, who can now shop for and order any of the items in the POSPaper.com product line from their hand-held devices. The addition of a mobile website is both a sign of the technological age we live in, and a validation of how that technology can bring customer convenience into a new and exciting age. Hand-held mobile devices are the means by which a growing number of busy professionals can take care of several aspects of their business while on the go.

Bank of America Corporation announced William P. Boardman would not seek another term as director at its annual meeting of shareholders in May. Boardman was chairman of Visa International from 1996 until his retirement in 2005 and also formerly served as a director of both that company and Visa USA Inc. He was an executive at Bank One Corporation from 1984 through 2001, serving at various times as chairman and chief executive officer of its credit card subsidiary First USA and as vice chairman and director of Bank One. Previously, he practiced law in Columbus.

J.P. Morgan has introduced new functionality to its Order-to-Pay solution to help suppliers more easily connect to its growing network of more than 100,000 buyers and suppliers. J.P. Morgan said that its global Order-to-Pay e-invoicing and payment processing (EIPP) network grew nearly thirty percent in the past year, indicating that businesses are increasingly seeing the value in automating accounts payable processes. J.P. Morgan’s Order-to-Pay solution offers suppliers a variety of options to choose from for receiving purchase orders and sending invoices, with payment options such as ACH, paper check, card and wire. The dedicated supplier portal enables users to easily track the latest status of invoices and payments at any time. Order-to-Pay not only provides visibility into payment status, but enables suppliers to choose how and when they get paid.

ATMBusinessForSale.com, a website featuring ATM businesses for sale, is now the largest site of its kind for buyers and sellers of ATM routes and portfolios to connect with each other on the internet. Originally launched in 2008 under the name ATMPortfoliosForSale.com, ATMBusinessForSale.com features ATM businesses for sale all around North America. The value add to sellers listing their ATM businesses with ATMBusinessForSale.com now includes a market opportunity to over 3000 ATM specific buyers, and buyers only have to go to one website to see the newest opportunities for sale. For sellers of ATM businesses, it’s free for them to list their ATM opportunities on the site.

Medicus Insurance Company medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) has made available its new service for its insureds, and now offers automated payment of premiums. Electronic payment allows physicians to pay insurance premiums automatically through ACH debit from their bank accounts. Medicus proudly pursues a Go Green initiative, acting on its values of saving resources in business and in nature. The Medicus Go Green initiative incorporates four areas of practice: striving to become a paperless office, moving business transactions from paper to electronic, moving more communications from paper to electronic, and reusing and recycling paper. The electronic ACH payment option is a part of the Go Green initiative.

VoiceCash prepaid card has made available its “VoiceCash Prepaid MasterCard” Prepaid Card, giving customers a variety of advantages which are available through the internet. This lets cardholders travel without cash, allows online shopper who wants to track purchases and expenses sans credit card, or allowing them to take advantage of the cashback program. Besides easy and secure payment, full cost control and a convenient online management, the VoiceCash Prepaid MasterCard offers much more: users can take advantage of the revolutionary cashback program. By paying at more than 1,500 cash back shops with their VoiceCash card, users accumulate cashback points with every purchase. The cashback is loaded directly on the card account – thereby the card users are shopping twice as smart.